davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 16 days agoLabour’s macroeconomics (2023)This was written two years ago in the autumn, following Labour's last conference in opposition. I think it's aged…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 17 days agoInnovation happens elsewhere!“The innovators dilemma” is a book by Clayton Christensen, first published in 1997. In it, he explores the paradox…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 3 months agoData-driven campaigning: how and why do political parties do it?“Other people have good ideas” I attended a lecture in Jan 24; The lecture was videoed and the video has been…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 3 months agoOnce upon a time in HEOn my way home from labour conference 23, I visited the People’s History Museum. It was a bit of a vanity trip as I…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 5 months agoRalph Miliband on Labour’s last year in oppositionBut that was in 1963, sixty years ago. Due to some personal reappraisals of my politics, I have been looking at the…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 11 months agoIntergenerational EquityOriginally published at on June 30, 2023. by Nikola Knezevic, from Unsplash In this article , in the FT…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearAt GMB Congress, immigration, racism and europeAt the GMB Congress, my Region, London, organised a fringe meeting on the “ The rise of the far right and worker’s…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearStarmer’s speech on refugeesA little essay on Natalie Elphick’s defection to Labour and Starmer’s speech in Dover on refugee policy. Dover, by…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearReading Labour’s tea leavesI wrote earlier about the possibility of a youth mobility proposal from the EU; I’d say it’s now dead and that may…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearSlogans aren’t bulletsBefore the election was called, Keir Starmer visited BEA systems at Barrow in Furness, the dockyard that builds and…davelevy (51)in #programming • last yearLearning bash, and other languagesI made the mistake of claiming to be a bit of a whizz with bash. Someone wrote to me and asked me how I did that. The…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearNo jokes Mr Mandelson!This article in the guardian, entitled, "‘You’ve got to be joking’: Mandelson dismisses prospect of UK rejoining…davelevy (51)in #blogging • last yearAre blogs still useful?In August 2009, I wrote an article questioning if blogs were losing their influence. In conversations over the…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • last yearPR in WalesI wrote, nearly two years ago, welcoming the change on the composition and size of the Welsh Senedd, or on…davelevy (51)in #technology • 2 years agoSome thoughts on buy vs buildOne of the critical decisions taken when implementing software is the decision to build or buy. Photo by Desola…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 2 years agoOn ReferendaI attended UKiCE’s webinar on referendums. It is available on You Tube , or at sli.do and they said, in…davelevy (51)in #software • 2 years agoDebt, depreciation or risk?by Kevin Ku from Unsplash : close up photo of eyeglasses When I first heard the phrase “Technical Debt”, I nearly…davelevy (51)in #goodfridayagreement • 2 years agoLiving with the TroublesLate last year, I visited the IWM and its “ Living with the Troubles” exhibition. I was 14 when the Government…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 2 years agoA response to Larry Elliot’s Guardian piece, from Another Europe.On 5 Dec The Guardian newspaper ran a rather provocative piece by Larry Elliot, which was bound to rile up those on…davelevy (51)in #ukpolitics • 2 years agoA party with socialists in itOver a year ago, I read Simon Hannah’s book, “A Party with Socialists in it, a history of the Labour Left.” I…
